Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abram Wooldrige, Colorado County, Texas, 1869

Abram Wooldrige registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Abram Wooldrige

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Abram Wooldrige
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Colorado County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Abram Wooldrige reported 16 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 53 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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